Multi-threaded error handling method

[kc64]

I have a multi-threaded application.  When an error occurs in any of the threads which causes the system to fail, all of the threads throw an error and display an error dialog box.  I am thinking about removing the call to the error handler in the secondary threads and instead send the error to the main thread for disposition.  Is that a common design pattern?  Is there a better way to do this?

[Ben · Accepted solution]

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kc64 wrote:
I have a multi-threaded application.  When an error occurs in any of the threads which causes the system to fail, all of the threads throw an error and display an error dialog box.  I am thinking about removing the call to the error handler in the secondary threads and instead send the error to the main thread for disposition.  Is that a common design pattern?  Is there a better way to do this?

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Not as common as it SHOULD be.

We use an Event Logger that passes all errors to a background process that logs them to file for review later. That is the minimum. If the errors a fatal then we adjust the app design to react accordingly when bad things happen.